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[Q] Watching Videos On YouTube

Hi guys, I'm sorry if there is any solution for this problem into the forum, but I didn't find it.
What can I do to solve the problem with watching videos on Youtube. I mean, they are seeing too bad, pixelated with a very low quality and that's annoying
BTW, I'm using 4.2.2 stock rom.
Hope you can help me.

See display specs
DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches (~187 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes

AlexMusik said:
See display specs
DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches (~187 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
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So?
Why anothers videos with the videos App, doesn't look like this shiet?

jortegat7 said:
So?
Why anothers videos with the videos App, doesn't look like this shiet?
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Try watching with HQ , please don't use bad language

jortegat7 said:
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Why anothers videos with the videos App, doesn't look like this shiet?
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Maybe your internet connection? Is it unstable or slow?
Low screen resolution (only 480x800) means you're limited to 480p or lower, because more than that you can't tell the difference... of course resolution is not everything, there is also codec and video bitrate. A 1080p with low bitrate may look more pixelated than a 480p with a slightly higher bitrate.

I am facing this problem in CM 11(4.4.2) too. You are on stock 4.2.2 then it is possible that bug is in Youtube App.
I am using Tubemate to watch videos from youtube.
Attaching Samples from both Apps. See the diffrence for same video.Same quality (720P).

ashwin77sgg said:
I am facing this problem in CM 11(4.4.2) too. You are on stock 4.2.2 then it is possible that bug is in Youtube App.
I am using Tubemate to watch videos from youtube.
Attaching Samples from both Apps. See the diffrence for same video.Same quality (720P).
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They're not the same quality. HQ is not the same as HD. HQ in this device is the highest resolution the screen and GPU can render (480p). When you turn off the HQ button then it will scale automatically to your internet speed (144p, 240p, or 360p). 720p is considered HD, just like 1080p.

naufalhadyan said:
They're not the same quality. HQ is not the same as HD. HQ in this device is the highest resolution the screen and GPU can render (480p). When you turn off the HQ button then it will scale automatically to your internet speed (144p, 240p, or 360p). 720p is considered HD, just like 1080p.
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Thanks for clarification buddy.You are right because I tried to play that video in 480P mode in tubemate and it came up with "not supported".
That means it is pixelating due to downscale/upscaling to 800 X 480 . NOT A BUG.:good:

The YouTube app is displaying videos on 4.2.2 GPU libs in crap quality
Thats why even CM11 and all KitKat ROMs have the same prob
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Ok.
Thank u all about the information, now I'm very clear about the problem.
BTW, I'm using Instatube and works fine.

Try see vídeos in Browser its more clear and good the app its really really BAD

Just install the old youtube apk ver 4.5.17 ... it will solve your problem
Just keep in mind ( dont allow play store to update the youtube app to new ver or else u will again see pixelated video).
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[Q] How do you export the slow motion video?

I've captured some slow motion video on the G3, but when I try to export it anywhere, or play it in another player it just speeds up to normal speed.
Surely this can't be right. It should save the video to be played exactly how you see it in the native player on any other device.
Does anybody know how to get it to stay as slow motion even after you've exported it, or save it as seen in slow motion?

To let you know I have done a search for this issue within xda, and it doesn't show any related threads. Has nobody experienced this issue?

Bad4ss said:
To let you know I have done a search for this issue within xda, and it doesn't show any related threads. Has nobody experienced this issue?
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Hi,
Your Video is fine. Just use a Player like VLC and reduce the playback speed.
Thats how slomo works!
Check
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_motion
Cheers!

whopper_g said:
Hi,
Your Video is fine. Just use a Player like VLC and reduce the playback speed.
Thats how slomo works!
Check
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_motion
Cheers!
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Thanks, I thought it would be better if it actually slowed the footage down as a saved file (like on the Xperia Z2), then at least you could post it to a shared website and show off your creation. Is there no way to do that?

Bad4ss said:
Is there no way to do that?
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Check the PlayStore - there must be an app for that Good Luck! If you find something, share it!

The HTC One (M8), Sony Z2 and iPhones have a video editor that can slow down parts of a slow motion video, while keeping the rest of it at normal speed.
Has anybody found a similar app on the Play Store?
Or even, has anybody managed to make the Sony or HTC app work on other devices like the G3?
EDIT: The Sony Z2 app is called "Timeshift Video".

Im looking for this too.
Its crazy - shows slowmo video in gallery app - but with normal speed in Photos app

What are you guys taking slow motion video of anyway bouncy boobs lol

It doesn't matter what you take a slomo video of, the point is that the phone doesn't let you save the movie in a way that can be played in other devices. Surely it should do that.

I've seen a few slomo videos on YouTube made on the LG G3, how have they done that, if you can't actually save the video as the slowmotion version?
Surely, you'd want to show off various or interesting slomo videos to friends and family, so there must be a way to do it. I've looked for an app, but surely it should be native on the phone?
e.g. on my old HTC EVO 3D, the 3d videos were stored as 3D to see on a 3D TV for example if saved on a USB. Surely if you save the SloMo video to a USB you should be able to see the video in its slow version on a TV. Is this something that LG overlooked, or is there something that we're all missing on the phone?

The recorded video file is ~120 fps:
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 119.659 fps
Minimum frame rate : 116.732 fps
Maximum frame rate : 122.783 fps
To see it in slow motion you would have to set it as 30 fps on a computer and save it again. No need to recompress it or anything (so no quality drop at all) but you need this extra step to play it back on a device where you cannot manually slow it down.

RonsonDk said:
The recorded video file is ~120 fps:
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 119.659 fps
Minimum frame rate : 116.732 fps
Maximum frame rate : 122.783 fps
To see it in slow motion you would have to set it as 30 fps on a computer and save it again. No need to recompress it or anything (so no quality drop at all) but you need this extra step to play it back on a device where you cannot manually slow it down.
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Thanks for that info, I wish thought that the phone natively did that, so there was no need for that extra step, I think LG are missing a trick there.

@Bad4ss
Hi, any news how to keep slow motoion afer rec?
when i copy to my pc or uploading it it get normal speed...
can I chose slower speed even if i rec on normal speed ?
any pic?

RonsonDk said:
To see it in slow motion you would have to set it as 30 fps on a computer and save it again.
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How?
Bonus points for 'on a mac' as well

ohmegosh said:
How?
Bonus points for 'on a mac' as well
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The most simple way I know is to use mkvtoolnix (free, open source and works on windows/linux/mac)
Open the GUI, drag or add the file you want to work on, select the video track, go to format specific options and select your desired fps. Then press "start muxing".
Screenshot - sorry, can't post direct links yet so please remove the spaces:
peecee.dk / uploads/082014/mkvtoolnix.png

Thanks; upgraded from 6.2 to 7.1 and mixed away. Video worked well but audio didn't seem to work out well

When I shot something in slomo on my Galaxy S4 the resulting video was slomo in all viewing apps or when uploade to facebook or youtube. only being able to view it in slomo in the LG gallery app is dumb. As much as they advertise the G3 as a great photo device the camera app actually sucks balls. Samsungs camera app is light years better and IOSs blows them both out. It still baffles me that android has no tap exposure and lock capability....

Is there an app that will save the lg g3 recorded slow mo videos and directly share them so everyone can see the videos in slow mo?

When uploading videos in youtube you get an option to increase or decrease default video playback speed.

forcedv said:
Is there an app that will save the lg g3 recorded slow mo videos and directly share them so everyone can see the videos in slow mo?
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I use an app called Lapse it Pro to import the file then render and save it at 20fps. After rendering..I'm able to share it as a video file

Google Photos does not show 1080p 60fps or 4K video?

I've noticed that any 60fps 1080p video or 4K video that I take on my Pixel XL and upload to Google Photos always shows up as plain old 1080p. Has anyone else noticed this?
I've noticed that if I download the same video in Google Drive to my machine, 60fps or 4K remains intact- but not when playing back in the browser (either in Drive or Photos).

sentry_mode_activated said:
I've noticed that any 60fps 1080p video or 4K video that I take on my Pixel XL and upload to Google Photos always shows up as plain old 1080p. Has anyone else noticed this?
I've noticed that if I download the same video in Google Drive to my machine, 60fps or 4K remains intact- but not when playing back in the browser (either in Drive or Photos).
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When playing back in photos, do you adjust the quality in the bottom right? (Similar to YouTube)
Update: I see now. Even though it's got the quality options in the lower right, the options are limited to Auto are various resolutions from 1080P on down. No 4k or 60fps. Weird.

Mi|enko said:
When playing back in photos, do you adjust the quality in the bottom right? (Similar to YouTube)
Update: I see now. Even though it's got the quality options in the lower right, the options are limited to Auto are various resolutions from 1080P on down. No 4k or 60fps. Weird.
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Yep very weird. I haven't seen anyone else talk about this issue either.

I am guessing that like YouTube that because the screen of the Pixel XL is 2k it doesn't give the option for 4k play back on the phone itself

That's a shame.... It should at least do the 60fps

why video apps do not utilize the entire screen?

Slingplayer, Xfinity, MX player etc...aside from Google Play movies, I have not found a video app that uses the full 6" screen. Slingplayer and Xfinity leave what looks to me to be over 1/4". Is this universal or an issue with my phone? Is there a setting somewhere I haven't found to force full screen for video?
I am completely stock 8.1 at the moment...I don't think I should have to do something via adb like forcing immersive mode for something like being able to use my whole screen to watch video???
thanks for any and all input

I don't use Sling Player and no longer have Comcast cable but I can use the full screen with MX Player. However that isn't the default. The Pixel 2 XL has an 18:9 (2:1) screen. No video formats I have even seen use that aspect ratio. That means any video you watch that takes up the entire screen must be cropped.
I still don't understand the popularity of the taller aspect ratio.

Soon more apps will implement the pinch to zoom feature like YouTube has.

jimv1983 said:
I don't use Sling Player and no longer have Comcast cable but I can use the full screen with MX Player. However that isn't the default. The Pixel 2 XL has an 18:9 (2:1) screen. No video formats I have even seen use that aspect ratio. That means any video you watch that takes up the entire screen must be cropped.
I still don't understand the popularity of the taller aspect ratio.
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Actually an anamorphic movie should make good use of the screen. I played a Netflix movie (I think it was hateful 8) and it filled the entire width of the screen, with much smaller black bars on the top and bottom like you'd have with a16:9 screen
Hulu doesn't seem to take advantage of this, tried Future man which is filmed in an odd aspect ratio and it has black matte all around
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It is pathetic, great phone but media streaming is certainly hampered compared to the note 8
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Netflix zoom?

Hi all! Just got my G7 yesterday and I'm loving it so far. The issue I've noticed is when using Netflix. When ever I'm watching a film or other 21:9 content there are black bars surrounding the whole video, it looks so stupid and is essentially wasting screen real estate. Is there anyway to get the video to take up the whole screen like with 16:9 content? Thanks in advance!

Here is what you need to do:
1. Open Settings
2. Select Display
3. Open App Scaling
From within this you can select the app of your choice from the installed apps on your phone and change the amount of real estate on your screen the app uses.
Your choices are
1. None (Original)
2. Compatibility (16:9)
3. Standard (16.7:9)
4. Full Screen (this is what I use for Netflix)
Hope this helped
--Roger

camy25695 said:
Hi all! Just got my G7 yesterday and I'm loving it so far. The issue I've noticed is when using Netflix. When ever I'm watching a film or other 21:9 content there are black bars surrounding the whole video, it looks so stupid and is essentially wasting screen real estate. Is there anyway to get the video to take up the whole screen like with 16:9 content? Thanks in advance!
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Have you try other videos content on Netflix? I notice before some video got cropped and some don't. Usually video should automatically do full screen.
You can pinch out the video while watching with your fingers.
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wrogerw said:
Here is what you need to do:
1. Open Settings
2. Select Display
3. Open App Scaling
From within this you can select the app of your choice from the installed apps on your phone and change the amount of real estate on your screen the app uses.
Your choices are
1. None (Original)
2. Compatibility (16:9)
3. Standard (16.7:9)
4. Full Screen (this is what I use for Netflix)
Hope this helped
--Roger
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Thanks for the tip Roger! Unfortunately it's still the same TV shows fill the full screen but movies don't, it leaves them in black filled letterbox.

x1tymez said:
Have you try other videos content on Netflix? I notice before some video got cropped and some don't. Usually video should automatically do full screen.
You can pinch out the video while watching with your fingers.
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I sure have! Like I said to Roger above TV shows zoom and crop just fine but movies won't, even pinch to zoom has no effect when a movie is being displayed looks so stupid.

wrogerw said:
Here is what you need to do:
1. Open Settings
2. Select Display
3. Open App Scaling
From within this you can select the app of your choice from the installed apps on your phone and change the amount of real estate on your screen the app uses.
Your choices are
1. None (Original)
2. Compatibility (16:9)
3. Standard (16.7:9)
4. Full Screen (this is what I use for Netflix)
Hope this helped
--Roger
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Netflix doesn't show for me in App Scaling. Was it updated for the G7 compatibility? Can you add any installed app to the app scaling list?

c7j8d9 said:
Netflix doesn't show for me in App Scaling. Was it updated for the G7 compatibility? Can you add any installed app to the app scaling list?
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App scale is for app itself, not video content. This phone arrived tomorrow and I'll see if this problem happen in my end.
Have you try Netflix support? They might need to push update on their side for G7 size.
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